Apparatus for fire-finishing glassware.



PATENTED FEB. 4, 1908.

R. HALEY.

APPARATUS FOR FIRE FINISHING GLASSWARE.

APPLIGATION FILED APR.2.1907.

2 SHEBTSSHEET 1- INVENTOR- fl/yal7 WSTN ESSES. m. 611%,

No. 877,923. IATENTED FEB. 4, 1908. R. HALEY.

APPARATUS FOR FIRE FINISHING GLASSWARE.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 2, 1907.

2 SHEETS-SHEET 2,

WITNESSES. INVENTOR.

.REUBEN'jrnLsY, or cnar o-N, PENNSYLVANIA, ssIeNoa TO- N TIONAL eLAss COMPANY,

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APPARATUS FOR FIRE-FINISHING GLASSWARE.

m. names.

Specification of hetters Patent.

Patented Feb. 4:, 19.08.

Application filed April 2. 1907. Eerie No. 366.911.

I Grafton, in the" county of Allegheny and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new 5 and useful Improvement in Apparatus for Fire-Finishing Glassware, of which the following is afull, clear, and exact description, refer- .ence being had to the accompanying drawing, forming part of this specification, in which.-

Figure 1 is an elevation artly in. section illustrating apparatus invo ving my inven tion; Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional view of a portion of the same; and Fig. 3 is a plan view of the portion shown in Fig. 2.

Like symbols of reference indicate like parts wherever they occur.

in the manufacture of glass-ware it is customary to fire-finish either a portion or the whole of the surface of the glass. article by 20 subjecting it to a glazing or polishing heat which is of sufficient intensity to. melt the surface of the glass, thus removing mold marks and shar edges imparting the required luster an brightness. In tl1e'finish ing of figured glass-ware, however, where the polishing action of the heat is'applied to the gured surfaces, the melting of the surface of the glass during the fireoiishing operation necessarily destroys the s arpness of the an gles of the figured surface. Another din culty experienced in fire-finishing glass-ware is that owing to the intense heat to which the glass is'subjected, the body of the glass is often softened and the sha e of the article is often more or less distorts It has heretofore been customary, in the cases of articles only a portion of thesurface of which needs fire-finishing, to apply the heat only to such portions and to protect the remaining portion, either by allowing it to remain in the mold, by placing it in a suitable former, or by permitting or causing a current of cold air to come in contact with that surface of the glass which it is desirable that they should be applied. The chief objections to these prior methods are. that it is diflicult to apply the' heat and cooling mediums evenly and regularly to those ortions of the'glass to which it is desirable t at they should be applied.

The object of my invention is toprovide means by which a'heating medium'may be caused to actevenly on one portion or surfalce of the glass article, and cooling means may be caused to act evenly on'the figured or other portion of the glass whichit 18 desirable-should be protected from the action of the heat.

I will now describe my invention so that others skilled in the art may be enabled to.

employ the same.

In the drawing, 2 represents a vessel adapt ed to contain a cooling medium, 3 indicates an inlet pipe, and i the outlet pipe. In the upper part of the vessel 2 is a seat .5 adapted to receive and support the imperforate former 6. provided with projecting annular flanges? and 8 adapted to be clamped together by the clamps 9, the packing 10 forming-a tight joint. The inner surface of the former 6 is given the shape, configuration, or pattern of the vessel to he fire-finished The vessel 2 is adapted to be supported on a stand 111.

Extending from this stand 11 is a standard 12 on which is adjustably supported-a 'pivot gas furnace 13 having an an pipe 14 and a The former 6 and the vessel 2 are gas pipe 15 connecting with the supply pipe 7 16 of the furnace. It will be evident to those skilled in the art that as many furnaces and. cooling vessels and formers as desired may be placed upon a single stand. 4

The 0 eration of my apparatus is as follows: T e former 6, having been clamped to the vessel 2 and the cooling medium, suchas water, ammonia vapors, or other suitable medium is caused to pass through the interiorof the vessel 2. against the outer face of the im erforate former 6. The glass article to be ire-finished is placed in the interior of the former 6 and thereby the outer surface of the glass article is kept cool by the action of the cooling medium a ainst the outer surface of the imperforate rormer At the same time, the furnace 13 is swung overthe mouth of the former 6 and the interior of the glass vessel in the former is fire-finished by the heat from the furnace. After the glass has been sufficiently firefinislred, the furnace 13 is swun to one sidean-d the glass articleis remove either by inverting the former 6 and vessel 2, or by other suitable means.

I am aware that it is not new to cause air in a chamber or vessel to directly strike against the outer surface of the glass article through perforations in the former. I am face of the glass is sup orted by a former or mold and I do not, desire to claim the same broadly. I

What I claim and desire to secure by Let ters Patent is:

-1. In apparatus for fire-finishing glass,

. sup orted in the chamber'containing the coo ing medium and to come in contact with the other surface of the'glass article; substantially as specified.

2; In apparatus for fire-finishing glass- Ware, the combination of a gas burner ada ted to project heat a%ainst one surface 0 a glass article, a vesse adapted to support the glass article and to sit within the vessel containin the cooling medium; substantially as s eci ed. I

In testimony whereof I ave hereunto set myhand REUBEN HALEY.

Witnesses: v

JAMES BAKEWELL, CARRIE E. EGGERS.

adapted to contain a cooling medium, and an imperforate former 

